obtained in Somaliland. 423 



109. OxYECHus TRicoLLAiiis (V.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S, 1895, 

 p. 514. 



r Iris brown, 

 No. 68. S • Bilien springs, Jan. 28, 1897. -< eyelids ver- 



V. milion. 

 No. 69. (?. „ „ „ „ „ „ 



No. 276. ?. Goolis foot-hills. Mar. 21, „ „ „ 



No. 281. (J. „ „ „ „ „ „ 



This little Plover is tolerably plentiful along the streams 

 at the base of the Goolis up to about 1000 ft. ; above that 

 elevation I did not notice it. It is extremely tame, allowing 

 one to come within a few yards of it, when it will only take 

 a short flight and alight again immediately. 



110. Helod ROMAS ocHROPUS (L.) ; Sharpc, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxiv. p. 437 (1896). 



No. 282. Goolis foot-hills. Mar. 22, 1897. Iris hazel. 



Found throughout the Goolis wherever there is running 

 water, though not so plentiful as Tringoides hypoleucus. 

 When disturbed it springs into the air and dashes ofFuttering 

 a wild note resembling that of the Common Redshank. 



111. Trtngoides hypoleucus (L.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, 

 p. 515. 



No. 6. ? . Berbera gardens, Jan. 19, 1897. Iris dark 

 brown. 



We found these little Sandpipers wherever there was 

 running water, both on the Goolis range and at Berbera 

 itself, where they delighted in the irrigation-channels of the 

 many gardens. 



112. Calidris arenaria (L.) ; Heuglin, Ibis, 1859, p. 348. 

 No. 7. ? . Berbera, Jan. 16, 1897. Iris brown. 



The Sanderling is to be found on the mud-flats in the 

 harbour at low tide along with other small Waders. 



113. Larus hemprichi (Bruch.) ; Elliot, Field Columb. 

 Mus., Orn. i. no. 2, p. 64 (1897). 



No. 20. Berbera, Jan. 18, 1897. Iris brown. 



No. 21. „ „ „ „ „ 



This is the common Gull of the Gulf of Aden. It does 



